Camera



Oct. E9, 1.937. E'- H UNTZINGER 2,096,496

CAMERA Filed Nov. 30, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet l r f Y lg /f 25a 57 Mj/ AVA/WMV f2 55637 40 39V/ 26 257-441 /6 www 40 /NVEN TDH'- E THAN HUN TZ /NE' EH.

-/7/'5 A TTENE Y Oct'. 19,` 1937. E, HUNTZlNGER 2,096,496

CAMERA y Filed Nov. 30, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 45a 3134 543 40 39 L /NVEN TUR- 49 THA/v HUNTZ/NGE MSAVTTURNEY.

Patented Oct. 19, 1937 I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 16 Claims.

This invention relates to a camera and more particularly to a camera adapted to make a series of exposures across a width of a lm and commonly known as a multiplying camera. In

such a camera the lens supporting structure and the film supporting structure are relatively movable so that one may be moved with relation to the other to bring the lens successively into line with different portions of the film. The movable structure is shifted step by step by hand, an exposure being made after each movement, and it sometimes happens that after stopping for an exposure the operator will iorgetin which direction he-had been moving the movable structure or, due to confusion or otherwise, will move the camera in the wrong direction so as to bring the lens in line with an exposed portion of the film which, of course, results in a double exposure. It also 'happens that after completing a series of exposures across the width of the film the operator will reverse the movement of the movable structure and start a second series of exposures without advancing the film, thus again resulting in double exposure.

usually provided with sights to enable the operator to accurately aline the lens with the person or object being photographed. Ordinarily one sight is mounted on the lens support and the other sight is mounted on the iilm support, one

or the other of the sights being provided with a plurality of sight openings, but with this arrangement the sight openings of the two sights are frequently out of line and diiliculty is experienced in correctly positioning the lens with relation to '35 the object to be photographed.

One object of the invention is to provide such a camera with means for preventing the reverse movement of the. movable support until it has completed its movement in the direction in which it has started.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for automatically locking the movable support against reverse movement, after it has reached the limit of its movement in one direction, until the locking means has been released; and, further, to provide means controlled by the device which advances the film to release the locking means, thus preventing the movable support from being reversed until the iilm has been advanced or the locking means has been manually released, and the necessity for manually releasing the locking means would then call the attention of the operator to the fact thathe had not advanced the film.

A further object of the invention is to provide such a camera with a sight supporting member or bar carried by the lens support and so ar' ranged that both sights may be mounted thereon in proper relation one 4to the other and thus will at all times be in proper alinement.

Such a camera is Other objects of the invention may appear as the apparatus is described in detail.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a top l' plan view of a camera embodying my invention; Fig. V2 is a rear elevation of the same, partly broken away; Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a`camera, partly in section; Fig. 61s a top plan view of a slmilarcamera, partly broken away, and showing a modified form of controlling mechanism; Fig. 7 is a section takenon the line 'I-l of Fig. 6; and Fig. 8 is a sectional detail view taken on the line 8-8 of Fig. 6.

In these drawings I have illustrated the present invention as applied to a multiplying camera of a known construction and, as here illustrated, the camera comprises a front portion Ill which supports the lens II and which, in the present instance, is the stationary part of the camera, it being shown in Fig. 5 as hinged at I2 on the supporting structure I3 which may be a partvof or secured to a tripod. Secured to the lens support and forming a part thereof is a back plate I 4 which extends beyond both sides of the main portion oi' the lens support and 'is provided with an opening I5 in line with the lens. The rear portion of the camera, which constitutes the iilm support I6, is box-like in form. and is in the present instance slidably mounted on the lens support, it being provided with guideways I 6a to receive the upper and lower edges of the back plate Il and thus slidably support the film box thereon. Mounted within the box-like film support are two horizontal partitions I'I which are spaced one from the other and the space between these partitions registers with an elongate horizontal opening I8 in the back plate I l. A housing I9 is secured to the back plate in line with the opening I5 therein and projects into the space between the partitions I1 and serves to conne the light from the lens to the desired portion of the film and thus irame the exposure. The film support is provided with -roll supporting members or shafts 20 arranged below the lower partition I1 and adapted to support the roll of film, and is also provided above the upper partition I1 with roll supporting members or'shafts 2I and 22 adapted to support the roll on which the iilm is rewound. The shaft 22 is provided with a head or thumb piece 23 by means of which it may b e rotated and thus constitutes the rewinding member for the film. The film 24 passes from the lower roller about the edges of the horizontal partitions I1 to the upper roller, the edges of the partitions being provided with protective coverings 25 to prevent the scratching of the film. In using such a camera the lm support is moved to the limit of its movement in one direction and in this position the lens and light housing are properly located with relation to the film for the first exposure. After this exposure is made the lm support is moved one step to properly aline the lens and light housing with a succeeding portion of the film and another eX- posure is made, this operation being repeated until the full number of exposures have been made, which, in the present instance, is six. When one series of exposures has been completed the nlm is advanced to bring a further portion thereof in line with the light housing and the film support is then moved step by step in the opposite direction and a second series of exposures made. In order to prevent the inadvertent reversing of the movable support, which in the present instance is the film support, after it has been started in one direction, I have provided the film support with a seriestof stopsarranged substantially in a line parallel with the line of movement of the film support. Cooperating with these 4stops are two detents or pawls which are carried by the lens support and are so mounted that either one but not both of the detents may move into operative relation to the stops, the stops being so arranged that the operative detent will engage one of the stops after each stp of movement of the lm support and will thus prevent the reverse movement of the film support. In the particular constructionillustrated in Figs. 1 to 5 I have secured to the top of the film support a stop plate 2B having an upturned flange on which are formed a plurality of teeth 21, the teeth at the respective ends of the ange both facing inwardly, so that the teeth at one end serve to cooperate with one of the detents to prevent the movement of the film supportv in one direction and the teeth at the other end of the bar cooperate with the other detent to prevent the movement of the film support in the opposite direction. An intermediate tooth 28 cooperates with both detents. The two detents are preferably mounted for movement about a common axis and, as here shown, they comprise resilient fingers 29 and 36 and are formed integral with a plate 3| which is pivotally supported between its ends, at 32, on an overhanging member carried by the lens support, this overhanging member being in the present instance in the form of an elongate member or bar 33 which is rigidly secured to the lens support I 0 and extends rearwardly above the lm support to a point adjacent the rear side of the latterf The detents 29 and 30 are so arrranged with relation to the pivotal axis of the plate 3i that the movement of therplate in one direction about its axis will move the detent 29 into operative relation to the stops, as shown in Fig. l, and the movement of the plate in the other direction will move thedetent 29 to an inoper ative position and will move the detent 36 into operative relation to the detent stops. This movement is vpreferably imparted to the plate automatically as the filmA support approaches either limit of its movement. In the present arrangement the plate 3l is provided in front of its axis with downwardly extending lips 34 which are arranged to engage one or the other of two studs 35, mounted on the film support, as the latter approaches the limit of its movement in either direction so that the continued movement of the lm support to the limit of its movement will actuate the plate to reverse the positions of the two detents. As shownin Figs. 1 and 2 the film support has been moved to the left to the limit of its movement. Inasmuch as the support is automatically locked in this position, as will be hereinafter described, it is unnecessary to provide a stop for cooperation with the pawl 29 in this position. The first movement of the film support, that is, to a position for the second exposure, will cause the detent 29 to ride over the first stop 21 and spring into engagement with the inner face of the stop and the successive movements of the lm support will cause the detent to ride over the successive teeth or stops and at the` end of each movement the support is locked against reverse movement. As the film support moves to its last position the stud 35 at the left hand end of the film support will engage the plate 3| and move the same about its pivotal axis to reverse the positions of the detents, thus bringing the detent 3U into operative relation to the teeth or stops at the left hand end of the lm support. The stops or teeth 21 also serve to accurately locate the light housing I9 with relation to the lm and thus provide a proper spacing. between exposures. After the detent has sprung into the recess in front of a tooth a slight rearward pressure on the lm support will cause the detent to positively engage the face of the tooth and thus correctly position the housing.

For the purpose of making certain that the film will be advanced before the film support is moved in a reverse direction after having completed its movement in one direction, I have provided means for automatically locking the lm support against reverse movement at each limit of its movement and for this purpose I have mounted on the top of the lm support a movable plate 36 having at one edge thereof an upright flange 31 and provided near its ends with two yieldable detents 38 and 39 which are arranged to cooperate with a stop carried by the lens support, such as a stud Si] depending from the cross bar 33. The detents 38 and 39 may be moved into and-out of operative relation to the stop 60 in any suitable manner. In the present instance the plate 36 is rigidly secured to an elongate plate 3l which is pivotally mounted between its ends on the film support, as shown at 42. The two detents are so arranged that when the plate 3l is in a position substantially parallel with the line of movement of the lm support the detent at that end of the plate 36 adjacent the stop 30 will be in line with and close to that stop so that the film support is locked against movement, and when the plate 4l is moved about itsaxis the detent will be moved out of line with the stop to permit of the movement of the film support.Y Therefore, when the film support begins its movement in either direction the flange 31 of the detent supporting plate 36 will be in a slightly oblique position, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. A second stop or stud 43, also depending from the cross bar 33, is arranged to engage the oblique flange 31 as the lm support lmoves forwardly and to thus move the plates 36 and il into their straight line positions parallel with the line of movement. This brings the detent at the rear end of the plate 36 into line with the stop 40 and the detent will yield to permit it to pass beneathV the stop and will then spring upward into locking position with relation to the stop. The fiange 31 is moved to the same position upon each releasing of the film support and it is therefore necessary that the stud 43 should be capable of engaging first one side of the flange and then the other side thereof so that the detent plate 36 will be moved in the same direction regardless of the direction of movement of the film support. For this purpose the stud 43 is pivotally mounted for a slight movement transverse to the flange 31, as shown at 44. Y

The ,detent may 'be moved to an inoperative position in any suitable manner but, in the present instance, the plate 4l which carries the detent plate 36extends beyond the side of the film support and lis provided with a downturned end or lip 45 arranged in the path of a pin 46a mounted in the rewinding member or shaft 22 so that the rotation of the rewinding member while the detent is in locking position will cause the pin 46a to engage the lip 45 and move the plate 4| about its axis, thereby moving the detent to its inoperative position. The plate 4i may, of course, be moved by hand to release the film support for reverse movement but the mere fact that the nlm support is locked and must be released calls the operators attention to the fact that the film has not been advanced. As 'shown in the drawings the film support Ais in its left hand position and the detent 39 is in operative relation `to the stop 4U. When the iilm support has been moved to its right hand positionV the detent 38 will lieon the right hand side of the stop 30 in operative relation thereto.

It will be understood that while I have shown and described the film support as movable with relation to a stationary lens support, this may be reversed and the lm support may be stationary and the lens support movable with relation thereto without in any way affecting the operation of the devices above described.

The cross bar 33 which is carried by the lens support and extends tothe rear of the film support hasl mounted near its respective ends aperdetent v55 but out of line therewith and faces in- Iv tured members 45a arranged in line one with the other and constituting sights by means of which the lens may be accurately positioned with relation to the object to be photographed. Both sightmembers being rigidly connected with the lens support will at all times be in proper relation one to the other and to the lens.

In Figs. 6, 7, and 8, I have shown a slightly modified form of the controlling mechanism. As

there shown, the lens support 46 and the film prises a stop 48 carried by the transverse bar 49.

Cooperating with the stop 48 is a stop plate 50 which is mounted on the iilmisupport for bodily transverse movement, the ends of the plate moving inguideways formed beneathscrew heads I. The rearward movement of the plate 50 is limited by a flange 52 on the film support and its for- Y ward movement is limited by pinsV 53. Adjacent to each end thereof the plate is provided with a resilient detent 54, such as a spring finger cut from the metal of the plate, said detents extending in opposite directions. A yieldable detent 55 is arranged between and in line with the detents 54 and faces toward the left inv Fig. 6, and a yieldable detent 56 is arranged adjacent to the the opposite direction. When the plate 50 is in its foremost position, in contact with the pins 53, the detents 54 are in line with the stop 48 and the right hand detent 54 is in operative relation to that stop, and before the lens support y, can be moved to the left with relation to the film support the plate 5I! must be moved to its rearmost position torelease the stop 48. The plate is preferably moved to its rearmost position by manually operated means and is then moved to its operative position by automatic means controlled by the movement of the lens support. In the construction shown an elongate plate 51 is pivotally mounted between its ends on the lm support, as shown at 58, and has one end connected by a link 59 with the plate 50. The plate 51 extends beyond the side of the lm support and is provided with a downturned lip 60 arranged. to be engaged by a pin 6| on the film rewnding member 62 in the manner above described, thus moving the plate 51 about its axis and shifting the detent plate 50 rearwardly and permitting the movement of the lens support to the left. The plate 51 is provided with an angular flange 63, in the form of a wide V, which, when the plate 51 has been moved to its foremost position to release the lens support, will lie in the path of a stop or trip member 64 rigidly secured to and depending from the cross bar 49 and this trip member 64 moving along the inclined surface of the flange 63 will actuate the plate 51 to move the detent plate 50 forwardly` into its operative position. This movement takes place before the lens support has completed its movement and during the final movement thereof the stop 48 will ride over the left hand detent 54 which will then spring upwardly into the path of the stop to lock the lens support against reverse movement until the locking mechanism has been released, and upon the movement of the lens support in the other direction, to the right in Fig. 6,'the trip member 64 will again act on the angular ange 63 to restore the plate to its operative position. It will be noted that the angular flange 63 of the plate 51 is near the right hand side of the lm support and therefore acts -upon the plates to move the detents 54 into line with the stop 48 during the iirstportion of the movement of. the lens support to the left, thus the intermediate detent 55 is moved into the path of thestop 48, the latter will ride over the detent which will then spring into the path of the stop to prevent the reverse movement of the lens support. The camera sho'wn in Figs. 6 to 8 is adapted to make but three exposures across the Width of the film and therefore one intermediate stop 55 is sufficient to cause the lens support to complete its movement in one direction before it is reversed. However, when the lens support is moved to the right the trip finger 64 -will not engage the flange 63 until the lens suption to prevent the reverse movement of the lens I support. f

' While I have shown and described certain embodiments of my invention I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to the details thereof as various modifications may occur to one skilled in the art.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is; Y

1. In a camera comprising a lens support and a film support, one of said supports being movable with relation to the other support to cause the lens to be alined with different parts 'of the film, a member carried by one of said supports and having a single row of stops arranged substantially in a line parallel with the line of movement of said movable support, a part of said stops facing in one'direction and another part of said stops facing in the other direction, and a second member carried by the other support and adapted to cooperate with said stops to'prevent the reverse movement of said movable support until the latter has completed its movement in the direction in which it has started, one of said members being movable transversely to the line of movement of said movable support, and said stops being so arranged that when said movable member is in one position said second member will cooperate with a stop which faces in one direction and when said movable member is in another position said second member will cooperate with a stop which faces in the other direction.

2. In a camera comprising a lens support and a lm support, one of said supports being movable with relation to the other support to cause the lens to be alined with different parts of the film, a member carried by one of said supports and having a single row of stops arranged substantially in a line parallel with the line of movement of said movable support, a part of said stops facing in one direction and another part of said stops facing in the other direction, and a second' member carried by the other support and adapted to cooperate with said stops to prevent the reverse movement of said movable support until the latter has completed its movement in the direction in which it has started, one of said 'members being movable transversely to the line of movement of said movable support, and said stops being so arranged that when said movable member is in one position said second member will cooperate with a stop which faces in one direction and when said movable member is in another position said second member will cooperate with a stop which faces in the other direction, and means actuated by the movement of said movable support with relation to the otherl support to impart transverse movement to said movable member.

3. In a camera comprising a lens supportand va film support, one of said supports being movable with relation to the other supportato cause the lens to bealined with different parts of the film, a member carried by said im support and having a plurality of stops arranged substantially in a line parallel with the line of movement of said movable support, a second member carried by saidlens support and adapted to cooperate with said stops to prevent the reverse movement of said movable support until the latter has completed its movement in the direction in which it has started, one of said members being movable transversely to the line of movement of said movable support to permit the reverse movement of said movable support after it has completed its movement in the direction in which it started, a part 'movably mounted `on one of said supports andconnected with said movable member, and apart xed with relation to the other support and arranged to engage the rst mentioned part and'actuate said movable member.

4. I n a camera comprising a lens support and a film support, one of said supports being movable with relation to the other support to cause the lens to be alined with dliierent parts of the lm, a member carried by said lm support and having a plurality of stops arranged substantially in a line parallel with the line of movement of said movable support, a second member carried by aooaeee said lens support and adapted to cooperate with said stops toprevent the reverse movement of vsaid movable support until the latter has completed its movement in the direction in which it has started, one of said members being movable transversely to the line of movement of said movable support to permit the reverse movement of said movable support after it has completed its movement in the direction in which it started,

said stops being 'arranged to accurately locateV another part of said stops facing in the opposite direction, two detents carried by said lens support and movable alternately into and out of operative relation to the respective stops, and

'means controlled by the movement of said movable support for actuating said detents to move one detent into operative relation to the stops which face in one direction and to move the other detent out of operative relation to the stops which face in the opposite direction, said stops being arranged to accurately locate the lens in successive positions with relation to said lm. 6. In a camera comprising a lens support an a lm support, one of said supports being movable with relation to the other support to cause the lens to be alined with different parts o1" the film, two groupsof `stops carried by said lm support, the stops of each group being arranged substantially in a line parallel with the line of movement of said movable support, and the stops of the respective groups facing in opposite directions, a member movably mounted on said lens support, two detents carried by said member and movable thereby into and out of operative relation to the respective groups of stops, and parts carried by said lm support and so arranged that one or the other of said parts will act on said movable member as said movable support approaches the limit of its movement in either direction to cause said member to move one detent out of operative relation to its group of stops and to move the other detent into operative relationto its group of stops. I

7. In a camera comprising a lens support and a lm support, one vof said supports being movable with relation to the other support to cause the lens to be alined with dilerent parts of the film, a plurality 'of stops carried by said iilm support and arranged substantially in a line parallel with the line of movement of said movable support, .two detents carried by said lens support and movable into and out of operative relation to said stops, means for actuating said detents to move one detent into operative relation to said.

stops and to move the other detent out of operative relation with said stops, a stop carried by one of said supports, two detents carried by the other support, and means controlled by the movement of said movable support to move one of the last mentioned detents into line with the last mentioned stop when said vmovable support is moved to the limit of its movement in one direcf' tion and to move the other last mentioned detent into line with said last mentioned stop when said movable -support is moved to the limit of its movement in the ,other direction.

8. In a camera comprising a lens support and a film support, one of said supports being movablev with relation to the other support to cause the lens to be alined with different parts of the film, means for locking vsaid movable support at the limit of its movement in one direction and including a stop carried by one of said supports, a detent mounted on the other of said supports for movement-into and out of operative relation to said stop, means controlled by lsaid movable support to move said detent into operative relation with said stop, and other means to move said detent to an inoperative position and thereby release said movable support for reverse movement.

9. In a camera comprising a. lens support and a film support, one of said supports being movable with relation to the other support to cause the lens to be alined with different parts of the film, means for locking said movable support at the limit of its movement-in one direction and including a stop carried by one of said supports, a detent mounted on the other of said supports for movement into and out of operative relation to said stop, means controlled by said movable support to move said detent into operative relation to said stop, a film rewinding member carried by said film support, and means actuated by said rewinding member to move said detent to an inoperative position.

10. In a camera comprising a lens support and a film support, one of said supports being movable with relation to the other support to cause the lens to be alined with different parts of the film, means for locking said movable support at the limit of its movement in either direction and including a stop carried by said lens support, two detents carried by said film support, a member movably mounted on said film support and operatively connected with said detents, and a part carried by said lens support and acting on said member to move one detent into operative relation to said stop when said movable member is moved in one direction and to move the other detent into operative relation with said stop when said movable support is moved in the other direction, each detent being movable to'lts inoperative Y position independently of said part.

1l. In a camera comprising a lens support and a film support, one of said supports being mov-- able with relation to the other support to cause the lens to be alined with different parts of the film, means for locking said movable support at the limit of its movement in either direction and including a stop carried by said lens support, two detents carried by said film support, a member movably mounted on said film support and operatively connected with said detents, and a part carried by said lens support and acting on lsaid member to move one detent into operative a film support, one of said supports being movable with relation to the other support to cause the lens to be alined with different parts 'of the film, a stopcarried -by said lens support, an elongate member pivotally mounted on said film support andhaving a flange, detents carried by said member on the respective sides of its pivotal axis and movable thereby into and out of operative relation to said stop, and a part carried by said lens support and acting on said flange to move said member about its axis when movement is imparted to said movable support.

13. In a camera comprising a lens support and a film support, one of said supports being movable with relation to the other support to cause the lens to be alined with different parts of the film, a stop carried by said lens support, an elongate member pivotally mounted on said film support and having a flange, detents carried by said member on the respective sides of its pivotal axis and movable thereby into and out of operative relation to said stop, and a stud carried by said lens support and acting on said flange to move said member about its axis when movement is imparted to said movable support, said stud having limited movement transversely to said flange to `enable it to engage either side of said flange.

14. In a camera comprising a lens support and a film support, one of said supports being movable with relation to the other support to cause the lens to be alined with different parts of the film, a stop carried by said lens support, anvelongate member mounted on said film support for transverse movement with relation thereto, oppositely acting detents carried by said member near the ends thereof and so arranged that when said member is in one position both detents will be in line with said stop, a second member pivotally mounted on said film support and operatively connected with the first mentioned member, and means carried by said lens support to act on said second member and cause the same to impart movement to said first mentioned member when said movable support is actuated.

15. In a camera comprising a lens support and a iilm support, one of said supports being movable with relation to the other support to cause the lens to be alined with different parts of the film, a stop carried by said lens support, an elongate member mounted on said film support for transverse movement with relation thereto, oppositely acting detents carried by said member near the ends thereof and so arranged that when said member is in one position both detents will be in line with said stop, a second member pivotally mounted on said film support and operatively connected with the rst mentioned member, and means carried by said lens support and controlled by the movement of said movable support to move said second member about its pivotal axis .during the first portion of the movement of said movable support'in one direction and during the final portion o'f the movement of said movable support in the other direction.

16. In a camera comprising a lens support and a film support, one of said supports being movable with relation to the other support to cause the lens to be alined with different parts of the film, a member rigidly secured to said lens support and extending rrearwardly above said film support, and cooperating sight members secured to said member ynear the front and rear ends thereof.

\ ETHAN HUN'IZI'NGER. 

